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Johnny Depp and Bollywood beauty

A stunning Bollywood actress is being whisked to Hollywood by star Johnny Depp after she asked him for a helping hand in launching her career.

Curvy Mallika Sherawat, 24, met the Pirates of the Caribbean star at a movie launch and told him of her dream to act alongside him.

"He is such a good man. We talked for a long time and he had lots of ideas. And of course he is so handsome," sighed smitten Mallika.

"He is a big fan of Bollywood films and I've sent him copies of all my films," she added.

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Expert warns of high avalanche danger
The danger of avalanches is very high and off-piste winter skiers should take extra care, an avalanche expert warned yesterday (Weds).

Alma cheese gets clean bill of health
Cheese suspected of being contaminated with deadly listeria bacteria has been given a clean bill of health, it was announced today (Thurs).

BA net profit down 10 per cent
Bosses at Bank Austria (BA) reported yesterday (Weds) that the bank had suffered a decline of 10 per cent in net profit year on year to 1.152 billion Euros in 2009.

People who defrauded Erste's BCR face trial
Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent to trial 175 defendants accused of having defrauded Austrian Erste Group's subsidiary Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) of three million Euros by obtaining credit using fake documents.

Strache calls for drug addicts' centres in suburbs
New ideas on the Viennese drug scene problem by Freedom Party (FPÖ) boss Heinz-Christian Strache is set to cause controversy.

Direktanlage.at looks back on year of growth
Austrian discount broker Direktanlage.at said it managed to grow on all areas "despite the crisis".

Crash diets can lead to crashed cars, says doc
Crash diets could lead to car crashes, car club ÖAMTC doctor Heimo Vedernjak warned today (Weds).

Lauda to promote Romania 'to make destination profitable'
FlyNiki CEO Niki Lauda revealed plans to promote Romania in Austria.

Lauda to promote Romania 'to make destination profitable'
FlyNiki CEO Niki Lauda revealed plans to promote Romania in Austria.

Thousands of fags found in Austrian car
Beady-eyed customs officers found more than 1,100 cigarette boxes hidden in an Austrian-registered Mercedes trying to cross the Croat-Serb border.